Robert A. and Laurie J. Nelson of Blackstone Ave., Warwick, announce the engagement of their son, Corey A. Nelson, to Roxann Herner, daughter of Dale and Linda Herner of Newport News, Va.

The future bride is a graduate of Denbigh Baptist Christian School in Newport News and Blue Ridge Community College. She is currently employed as a licensed veterinary technician at Anderson’s Corner Animal Hospital, Toano, Va.

The future groom is a graduate of Warwick Veterans Memorial High School and James Madison University in Virginia. He is employed by Forrester Research, Cambridge, Mass.

The couple is planning an April 12, 2014 wedding in Jasmine Plantation, Providence Forge, Va.